Woolmer Forest Act 1812
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1812 c. 71 |
| Year | 1812 |
(52 Geo. 3) C A P. LXXI.
[20th June 1812]
'WHEREAS the King's Most Excellent Majesty, in Right of His Crown, is seized to himself, his Heirs and Successors, of the Ground and Soil of the Forest ofWoolmer , in the County of Southampton , computed to contain Five thousand two hundred and seventy six Acres, or thereabouts, exclusive of certain inclosed Lands therein belonging to His Majesty in Severalty, subject to such Claims of Rights and Interests of the Right Honourable Henry Lord Stawell , and other Persons in and over the same, as hereinafter mentioned: And whereas the said Henry Lord Stawell , under and by virtue of a certain Grant of His late Majesty King James the First, bearing Dateon or about the Ninth Day ofNovember in the Fifteenth Year of His Reign, is or claims to be seized of or interested in or entitled to the Right of Free Warren and Free Chase, and other Rights, Liberties and Privileges in, upon and over the said Forest; and he the said Henry Lord Stawell also claims to have and receive, so soon as the same can be made out, a Grant or Letters Patent of and to hold and enjoy the Office of Ranger of and over the said Forest, and, as annexed or appurtenant to the said Office, the Liberty of Hunting, Shooting and Sporting, in and over the same Forest, for and during the Term of his natural Life; and the said Henry Lord Stawell , in respect of his several Manors which adjoin to or are situate near to the said Forest, likewise is or claims to be entitled to other Rights and Interests in, upon and over the said Forest, or some Part or Parts thereof: And whereas, subject to the Rights of His Majesty, certain Persons are or claim to be entitled to certain Rights in, over and upon the said Forest: And whereas from the great and increasing Difficulty of procuring a Supply of Timber from Foreign Countries and from the Estates of private Individuals in the United Kingdom, it has become necessary to adopt Measures for securing a more adequate Supply of Timber in this Kingdom; and if His Majesty was empowered to enclose certain Parts of the said Forest, and such Parts were appropriated for the Growth and Preservation of Wood and Timber, the same would be of great Benefit and Advantage to His Majesty and the Public in general;' Be it therefore enacted, by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, from time to time to inclose, sever and improve, within and out of the Waste Lands of the said Forest, any Quantity of the said Lands not exceeding in the Whole Two thousand Acres, to be inclosed and held in Severalty at one and at the same time; and such Inclosure shall be made under and by virtue of Commissions to be...
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